We are delighted to share the news that Temuera Morrison has joined Jason Momoa‘s upcoming Hawaiian epic, “Chief of War.” The pair of course played father and son in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Aquaman.” The AppleTV+ series will follow the epic and unprecedented telling of the unification and colonization of Hawaii, from an indigenous point of view.
Morrison, who hails from New Zealand, will play Maui’s King Kahekili. We most recently saw him don the iconic Mandalorian helmet of Boba Fett in Disney+’s live-action “The Book of Boba Fett” series.
“Chief of War” has been a passion project of Momoa’s, who was born and raised in Hawaii. He co created the series with Thomas Pa’a Sibbett. Momoa’s other AppleTV+ series “See” just aired it’s series finale.
We’ll let you know what else we hear about this and other news.